Canterbury Surf

Detailed Canterbury surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Canterbury. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Canterbury. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Canterbury over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Canterbury and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

Canterbury Surf Forecast

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Preloading...

Long range forecasts are available for members only
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Canterbury Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Canterbury Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Canterbury Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Canterbury Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Canterbury Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Canterbury Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Canterbury Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Canterbury Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Canterbury Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

Canterbury Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Canterbury Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Canterbury coastline are also listed below.

Canterbury Photos

Canterbury Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	3	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	1.3 E	1.4 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	7	8	8	8	10	8	12	11	6	10	9	12
Energy(?)	1836	1210	283	395	207	132	50	64	148	80	114	184	204	257	172	80	217	66	48	108	35	89
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:18PM 1.91	2:19AM 1.98		2:41PM 1.87	2:59AM 2.08		3:37PM 1.92		4:55AM 2.20	5:17PM 2.02		5:06AM 2.16	6:13PM 2.03		5:32AM 2.59	6:21PM 1.95	7:08PM 2.01	7:39AM 2.18		8:03PM 1.99	8:34AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)			7:55PM 0.13	8:33AM 0.19		8:34PM 0.07	10:17AM 0.13		9:49PM 0.01	11:15AM 0.09		11:28PM -0.02	11:26AM 0.08		11:42PM -0.03	11:20AM 0.67		1:26AM -0.01		2:03PM 0.06	2:20AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	15	17	17	17	16	16	14	13	14	12	16	15	13	17	16	16	23	19	16	19
Low °C	14	16	14	17	16	14	15	15	13	13	14	12	14	14	13	15	16	14	19	18	15	18
Chill °C (?)	16	17	14	17	17	17	16	16	13	12	14	11	15	14	11	16	15	16	23	19	16	19
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	9:12	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	1.3 E	1.4 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	5	6	6	5	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.3 NE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.5 E	-	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	8	-	6	8	9	12	8	4	12	11	10	10	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	6	6	7	-	-	8	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 31							Thursday 01								Friday 02
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.6 E	1.6 NE	0.9 ENE	1.3 NE	1.0 SSE	1.0 NE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	2093	2486	1772	1519	1210	911	1106	686	541	210	259	544	544	206	378	206	207	61	56	62	44	72
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:55AM 1.97				1:43PM 1.81				2:19AM 1.98				2:41PM 1.87				3:16AM 2.07					4:21PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)			7:33AM 0.24				8:40PM 0.12				9:17AM 0.17				8:51PM 0.06					10:16AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	14	16	17	16	15	14	14	14	16	17	18	20	15	14	14	14	15	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	11	11	13	16	17	16	14	14	14	14	16	16	18	20	14	13	13	13	14	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.6 E	1.6 NE	0.9 ENE	1.3 NE	0.9 ESE	1.0 NE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.6 ESE	0.9 SSE	-	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.1 S	0.4 SE
Period (s)	10	9	8	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	8	8	7	14	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	-	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	8	9	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	8	4	2	2	-	7	6

	Wednesday 31
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Midshore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 ESE	1.9 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	2.5 ESE	2.4 E	1.6 E	2.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.3 E	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1240	2878	1976	2290	2286	1559	715	1836	1836	1021	913	1449	1480	469	1168	386	1021	384	384	292	1057	1025
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:55AM 1.97												1:43PM 1.81	2:27PM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)																				8:39PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	14	14	14	15	17	17	17	15	17	17	16	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	12	13	12	12	13	17	16	17	14	17	17	15	15	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 ESE	1.9 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	2.5 ESE	2.4 E	1.6 E	2.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.3 E	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 S	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.1 S	0.5 S	-	0.4 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	14	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	16	8	-	8	15	15	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 WSW	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 E	1.5 E
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	3	-	-	3	3	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9